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Relationships, fragile packages, our feet. Long distance is hard on all of ‘em.

Life would be grander if we could just teleport. Well now we can, in a way!

Boltron (aka Nate Bolt), in collaboration with Paul Octavius, Steph Goralnick, and Laura Miner, created The Shutter Exchange.

It’s a simple yet ingenious method of photographing your friends from states away (and even further!). It gives you control of their camera via the internet!

Quickie tutorial:
1) Connect DSLR to computer via USB cable
2) Use Remote DSLR Pro software to view what your camera sees on your computer screen
3) Give control of your screen to your friends by using Skype or Adobe Connect’s screen-sharing features
4) With the combination of Remote DSLR Pro and screen-sharing, your friends can adjust your camera’s settings and release your camera’s shutter from afar!

Yes. Much easier than breaking our body into a million pieces and putting them back together again.

The Shutter Exchange, Photograph Friends from States Away
[Boltron’s Shutter Exchange in Detail]

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Photo Credit: Collaboration of Boltron, Steph Goralnick, and Laura Brunow Miner

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2. Add Wi-Fi to any Camera with the Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card
3. Zombify Your Friends With The Evilizer

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Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3 Recently we asked friends of our Tumblr page what they’d most like to see covered in our next tutorial. The votes are in. The absentee ballots have been counted. The results are clear: You want to learn how to make your photos look vintage! So, we got together […]

Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3

Recently we asked friends of our Tumblr page what they’d most like to see covered in our next tutorial.

The votes are in. The absentee ballots have been counted. The results are clear:

You want to learn how to make your photos look vintage!

So, we got together to brainstorm and do research. We learned new things, we experimented, and now we’re sharing what we found!

Four Easy Ways to Make Your Photos Look Vintage

p.s. Did you know we’re on Twitter? We are! You can follow us with just one click.
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Read the rest of Four Fun and Easy Ways to Make Your Photos Look Vintage (804 words)

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Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3 Camera-phones. They’re a wonder unto themselves. We never fail to whip ours out for in-the-moment shots, and our Facebook mobile album is three times bigger than any other. So, when we found these nifty fisheye and combination wide-angle/macro camera phone lenses, we were psyched to see our phone […]

Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3

Camera-phones. They’re a wonder unto themselves.

We never fail to whip ours out for in-the-moment shots, and our Facebook mobile album is three times bigger than any other.

So, when we found these nifty fisheye and combination wide-angle/macro camera phone lenses, we were psyched to see our phone photos umphed to the tenth degree!

These two high-clarity glass lenses are like Zeiss lenses for our camera-phone, delivering crisp and clear snaps every time.

They’re compatible with any kind of camera-phone. Plus, they give us all the extreme-angle fun we’ve been dying to have but couldn’t afford in full-size.

Concerts, family reunions, skateboarding adventures, strolls through botanical gardens, Beastie Boy photo-shoots. Yup, we’re set!

Fisheye, Macro and Wide Angle Phone LensesTweet It!
$20-$40 at the Photojojo Shop!

Related posts:

1. The $11 DIY Wide-Angle Lens
2. The Phlash: Camera Phone Super Flash
3. The DIY Fisheye Lens — Using Nothin’ But a Pair of Old Glasses and Some Tape

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Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3 Camera-phones. They’re a wonder unto themselves. We never fail to whip ours out for in-the-moment shots, and our Facebook mobile album is three times bigger than any other. So, when we found these nifty fisheye and combination wide-angle/macro camera phone lenses, we were psyched to see our phone […]

Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3

Camera-phones. They’re a wonder unto themselves.

We never fail to whip ours out for in-the-moment shots, and our Facebook mobile album is three times bigger than any other.

So, when we found these nifty fisheye and combination wide-angle/macro camera phone lenses, we were psyched to see our phone photos umphed to the tenth degree!

These two high-clarity glass lenses are like pro lenses for our camera-phone, delivering crisp and clear snaps every time.

They’re compatible with any kind of camera-phone. Plus, they give us all the extreme-angle fun we’ve been dying to have but couldn’t afford in full-size.

Concerts, family reunions, skateboarding adventures, strolls through botanical gardens, Beastie Boy photo-shoots. Yup, we’re set!

Fisheye, Macro and Wide Angle Phone LensesTweet It!
$20-$40 at the Photojojo Shop!

Related posts:

1. The $11 DIY Wide-Angle Lens
2. The Phlash: Camera Phone Super Flash
3. The DIY Fisheye Lens — Using Nothin’ But a Pair of Old Glasses and Some Tape

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And now for a non-dictionary of photo terms: Tilt-shift: not the spazzy-legged move we bust on the dance floor. Selective focus: not the clever strategy used against parents. Maybe we’re better off referencing our pal Bhautik’s incredible guide to tilt-shift and DIY lenses! It’ll teach you all sorts about tilt-shift, like - What the heck […]

And now for a non-dictionary of photo terms:

Tilt-shift: not the spazzy-legged move we bust on the dance floor.

Selective focus: not the clever strategy used against parents.

Maybe we’re better off referencing our pal Bhautik’s incredible guide to tilt-shift and DIY lenses! It’ll teach you all sorts about tilt-shift, like -

What the heck is a tilt-shift lens anyway? (A lens that can tilt and shift its planes to focus selectively and make the subjects in your photos look miniature, too!)

Isn’t tilt-shift only for 19th Century men with pointy mustaches, cloaks, and large, fancy cameras? (No! Anyone with an SLR can do it!)

Can’t I just fuzzy out parts of my photos using Photoshop? (Yes, but the real thing is so much more fun. PLUS, you can make videos, like this miniaturized San Francisco vid!)

Where do I get one? (Make your own, it’s easy! 3 tutorials teach you how to make your own plunger- and bendy-cams for about $10!)

Now, select your focus and tilt n’ shift til the cows (photos) come home!

Selective Focus: An Illustrated Guide to DIY Tilt-Shift
[Bhautik’s Selective Focus Gallery]

p.s. Bhautik is a Research Engineer at Industrial Light & Magic (Lucasfilm!!) and the guy who wrote those amazingly popular plunger-cam tutorials!

p.p.s. The Selective-Focus guide is also available in print via Magcloud.

Photo credits: Bhautik Joshi

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2. Freelensing! Turn any Lens into a Tilt-Shift or Macro
3. Make a DIY Fisheye Lens from a Peephole and Soda Can

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